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Re/Collecting Chapel Hill: Podcast recounting different aspects of Chapel Hill History, hosted by Danita Mason-Hogans
SNCC Digital Gateway: “The SNCC Digital Gateway: Learn from the Past, Organize for the Future, Make Democracy Work is a collaborative project of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC—pronounced “Snick”) Legacy Project, Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, and Duke University Libraries.” This project was funded by the Mellon Foundation. Danita Mason-Hogans was the program manager for the critical oral histories portion of this project.
SNCC Legacy Project “The SNCC Legacy Project (SLP) was established after the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of SNCC to collect, present history, and analyze the organization’s work from the inside out emphasizing the thinking of SNCC veterans.”
On the Books: “On the Books: Jim Crow and Algorithms of Resistance is a text mining project with the goal of discovering Jim Crow and racially-based legislation signed into law in North Carolina between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement (1866-1967). This website lists and contextualizes North Carolina segregation laws for educators and researchers interested in Southern and African American History during the Jim Crow era.”
UNCCH Community Driven Archives: “The Community-Driven Archives project at the University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, partnered with historically underrepresented history keepers in telling, sharing, and preserving their stories. Local history keepers steward stories and historical materials to make them available to current and future generations.”
Southern Oral History Program: “Since 1973, the Southern Oral History Program has worked to preserve the voices of the South. We have collected more than 6,500 interviews with people from all walks of life. We think there's much to be learned from listening to each other. Housed at UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South, we are dedicated to conducting, archiving, and exhibiting oral histories. We believe in the power of individual narrative to challenge static notions about history and place and encourage students, faculty, and community partners to consider oral history as a valuable tool for creating a dynamic and inclusive portrait of the South.” Interviews from this oral history project will be permanently stored at SOHP.
Chapel Hill Public Library - Community History Lab: “Chapel Hill Public Library is planning a new, innovative space dedicated to exploring and sharing the rich history of Chapel Hill’s people, places, and moments. The Community History Lab will be located in the lower level and house a variety of resources, including skilled staff, digital tools, and collaborative space.”
Chapel Hill Community History Lab: “Our work is intentional, collaborative co-creation among history makers, historians, local government, and community members. Together we initiate, design, and share public history projects, programs, and exhibits.”
To Drink From The Well by Geeta N. Kapur: “Law professor and civil rights activist Geeta N. Kapur provides analysis and commentary on the story of systemic racism in leadership, scholarship, and organizational foundations at the University of North Carolina.”
Stone Walls: “With this newsletter, I am using my platform and resources to tell historical stories, as best I can, that center unheard people. I understand the implications and complications inherent in being yet another white man telling stories of others. I take that responsibility seriously. I do not presume to speak for anybody, nor do I endeavor to do so. But I will try my informed best to think and write from angles often ignored. I have access to and knowledge of this history, and I intend to widen its imprint.”
A Guide to Researching Campus Monuments and Buildings: UNC Libraries LibGuide “This guide is designed for researchers interested in the history and controversy of the physical landscape of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - its monuments, buildings, and spaces.”
Desegregation of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Libguide): This guide includes resources that discuss the desegregation of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Orange County History Guide (UNC Libraries Libguide): This research guide provides an overview of the resources in Wilson Special Collections Library at UNC-Chapel Hill related to the history of Orange County, North Carolina.
Researching Confederate Monuments in North Carolina (UNC Libraries Libguide): North Carolina has over 200 public monuments and memorials commemorating the Civil War, outnumbering those in the state dedicated to any other subject. This guide is designed for researchers interested in information about Confederate monuments and memorials in the state of North Carolina.
African Americans in North Carolina (UNC Libraries Libguide): This guide is designed to assist researchers investigating the history and culture of African Americans in North Carolina
Student Protest Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Libraries Libguide): In the 1960s and 1970s, students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill became increasingly vocal in their protests of local and national events. As on other campuses nationwide, students used marches, sit-ins, and strikes to express their opposition to what they perceived to be unjust policies. At UNC-Chapel Hill, four large protests received the most attention. The controversy over North Carolina's Speaker Ban Law, civil rights demonstrations, Food Workers' Strike, and anti-Vietnam protests provoked the largest reactions from students and the media. The tradition of student activism at UNC-Chapel Hill is much older than the 1960s, for example, some anti-war protests took place on campus in the 1930s. In the 1980s and 1990s, UNC students protested Apartheid and the University's renewed contract with Nike.